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Apple IIgs Fatal System Error 0911
Posted by: gobabushka on 2015-04-25 13:27:36
Ok, so I have managed to find my way back into the apple collecting hobby accidentally. 😛 I have since aquired an Apple IIgs that when I turn it on, I get Fatal System Error 0911. I know that the error has to do with ADB. I am going to try the lightbulb over the ADB chipset trick. I also have checked all the PSU voltages and they are within half a volt. Have I missed anything? The machine in question appears to be a ROM 0 upgraded to ROM 1, and I have tried it without anything else connected, and the memory board removed. Anything else?

Posted by: Macdrone on 2015-04-25 14:24:40
There are radial caps, may want to change them for good measure.

Posted by: gobabushka on 2015-04-26 19:02:09
It's possible, they dont look like they have leaked, but it couldnt hurt, any other ideas?

Posted by: magnusfalkirk on 2015-04-27 09:25:33
Ok, so I have managed to find my way back into the apple collecting hobby accidentally. 😛 I have since aquired an Apple IIgs that when I turn it on, I get Fatal System Error 0911. I know that the error has to do with ADB. I am going to try the lightbulb over the ADB chipset trick. I also have checked all the PSU voltages and they are within half a volt. Have I missed anything? The machine in question appears to be a ROM 0 upgraded to ROM 1, and I have tried it without anything else connected, and the memory board removed. Anything else?
Here's what I found about Fatal System Error 0911 at csa2 faqs:

0911 and 09010001 (FATAL SYSTEM ERROR 0911); was error number 0400

on ROM-00 machines. Fatal System Error 0911 and Diagnostic Self-Test error

code 09010001 mean the same thing: You are experiencing an ADB "can't sync"

problem which, usually, seems to relate to a hardware malfunction.

Posted by: gobabushka on 2015-04-27 17:26:39
So, would this translate to new motherboard time then?

Posted by: maceffects on 2015-04-27 20:01:03
Let me know if you need a mainboard, I have a ROM 1 I'd be willing to give you for the cost of gas/postage/packing

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